A Case Report of Secondary Dementia Patient Caused by Diffuse Axonal Injury

Lee, Seul-hee; Song, Chang-hoon; Jeong, Jong-jin; Oh, Sung-won; Kim, Soo-yeon; Lee, Sang-min; Jung, Myong-suk; Baek, Tae-hyun

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 28(3); 2007 > Article

Case Report

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2007;28(3): 645-654.

미만성 축삭 손상으로 유발된 속발성 치매 환자 1례에 대한 증례 보고

이슬희¹, 송창훈¹, 정종진¹, 오성원¹, 김수연¹, 이상민¹, 정명숙², 백태현¹

¹상지대학교 부속 한방병원 내과
²상지대학교 부속 한방병원 신경정신과

A Case Report of Secondary Dementia Patient Caused by Diffuse Axonal Injury

Seul-hee Lee¹, Chang-hoon Song¹, Jong-jin Jeong¹, Sung-won Oh¹, Soo-yeon Kim¹, Sang-min Lee¹, Myong-suk Jung², Tae-hyun Baek¹

¹Dept. of internal Medicine Oriental Hospital of Sangji University
²Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University

Correspondence

Seul-hee Lee ,Tel: 033-741-9382, Fax: 033-743-7184, Email: 3-honey@hanmail.net

Published online: September 30, 2007.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to present a case of secondary dementia caused by diffuse axonal injury. We diagnosed this patient with diffuse axonal injury by using brain computerized tomography(CT) and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI), and also diagnosed secondary dementia based on DSM-Ⅳ. To evaluate prognosis of the patient, we used K-DRS(Korean-Dementia Rating Scale) and gave him a written test. As a result of treating this patient with oriental medicine, the K-DRS score increased and the overall clinical symptoms improved. In oriental medicine, case studies of diffuse axonal injury are yet insufficient, hence more clinical studies and researches will be needed.

Key words: DAI(Diffuse axonal injury), K-DRS, Secondary dementia